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SPAFOA Capitol Hill Briefing December 2013Harry Weerts

International Linear Collider - progress & status

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Japan – The proposal

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Japan – Science Council of Japan

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Japan – Science Council of Japan

Linear Collider Collaboration(LCC) working timeline

Taking into account recommendations from SCJ for “time for negotiations”.

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Japan – Site selection

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SPAFOA meeting, Dec 11, 2013, H.Weerts

Completed in September 2013

Access Tunnel Access Hall(Slope <10%)

Damping RingDetector HallRing To Main Linac (RTML)

e- Main Linac (ML)

e+ ML

RTML turn-around

e- Source

e+ Source (Slope <7%)Existing surface road

Existing road

(The background photo shows a similar site image, but not the real site.)

Surface Structures

PM-13PM-12

PM-10PM-8

PM-ab PM+8PM+10 PM+12 PM+13

(Center Campus)PX

Kitakami-site cross section

Site Specific Design

Need to establish the IP and linac orientationThen the access points and IR infrastructureThen linac length and timing

From November 2013 workshop:

The Cryomodule

12.652 m (slot length)

cavities (8) SC quad packageType-B moduleType-A has 9 cavities and no quadrupole

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Needed for Phase I (250GeV):

Cryomodules Cavities

900 8000

If one assumes production sites in Asia, Europe and USA, then 1/3 of this might be from USA

LCLS II: 35 cryomodules

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Global expressions of support

From the EU strategy report (after operate and upgrade the LHC)

“There is a strong scientific case for an electron-positron collider, complementary to the LHC, that can study the properties of the Higgs boson and other particles with unprecedented precision and whose energy can be upgraded. The Technical Design Report of the International Linear Collider (ILC) has been completed, with large European participation. The initiative from the Japanese particle physics community to host the ILC in Japan is most welcome, and European groups are eager to participate. Europe looks forward to a proposal from Japan to discuss a possible participation.”

“On Sept. 3, Asia-Pacific High Energy Physics Panel (AsiaHEP) and Asian Committee for Future Accelerators (ACFA) have jointly issued a statement that the International Linear Collider (ILC) is the most promising electron positron collider to achieve the objectives of next-generation physics. “

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US – HEP strategy (P5)

Just started – complete April 2014

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US – Participation

The US was prominent in the global R&D program which ran from 2007 -> 2012.

These activities resulted in significant DOE investment in developing SRF infrastructure at Fermilab/Argonne and to a lesser extent JLAB.

High gradient cavity R&D was started at the labs and from there to US industry via tech transfer

A total of 60+ cavities were purchased during this time and AES was certified for ILC production

US labs were active in the accelerator design as well as other hardware R&D (SLAC, JLAB, BNL, ANL, LLNL & Cornell)

The R&D program was completed in 2012 and since then ILC work in the US has effectively ceased – wait and see strategy

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US – Participation

There is obviously no decision on the go-ahead for a construction project in Japan and whether the US will participate.

Should the US decide to collaborate on a phased-ILC then it is likely that cryomodules would form a significant part of a US contribution.

A 250 Gev machine would require ~900 cryomodules and since the global capacity for cryomodule production is limited then I would guess that the US would produce >200 elements.

Making some assumptions about the construction schedule then production would start towards the end of this decade. This dovetails well with LCLS II.

SPAFOA meeting, Dec 11, 2013, H.Weerts